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"Who?" asked astonished Britons. "The Duke and Duchess of Windsor - coming back to England? Really!" Nevertheless, British papers announced last week that the former King Edward VIII and his wife, the former Wallis Warfield Simpson, would soon return to Britain. They have lived in informal exile ever since Edward abdicated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A Light in the Window | 7/16/1945 | See Source »

You Came Along (Hal Wallis-Paramount) almost justifies the people who "don't want to cry at the movies because there's enough sadness in the world already." Striving bravely, in the best tradition of air-corps romance, to maintain a gallant gaiety in the face of impending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jul. 16, 1945 | 7/16/1945 | See Source »

Plugging the Leaks. The majors, grimly aware that they are being drained of their most valuable talent, have taken measures to plug the leaks. In self-defense, Paramount has been forced to welcome the independent producing companies of Hal B. Wallis, Cecil B. De Mille and Buddy DeSylva within the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOW BUSINESS: Trouble in Paradise | 1/29/1945 | See Source »

Man of 1935 surprised some. We picked him because that year he had "carried his country into brilliant focus before a pop-eyed world." He was Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, Power of Trinity I, King of Kings, Elect of God, Light of the World, Conquering Lion of Judah. Man...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 1, 1945 | 1/1/1945 | See Source »

Died. Charles Eugene Bedaux, 56, wily industrial engineer; of a self-administered overdose of sleeping powders; in Miami, Fla. Dark, affable, French-born Bedaux came to the U.S. in 1906 as a laborer, in 1915 evolved the Bedaux System which purported to reward workers amply in proportion to work done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 28, 1944 | 2/28/1944 | See Source »

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